Journal article
Imaging of Patients with Suspected Large-Vessel Occlusion at Primary Stroke Centers: Available Modalities and a Suggested Approach
American journal of neuroradiology : AJNR, Vol.40(3), pp.396-400
03/2019
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A5971
PMID: 30705072
Abstract
The overwhelming benefit of endovascular therapy in patients with large-vessel occlusions suggests that more patients will be screened than treated. Some of those patients will be evaluated first at primary stroke centers; this type of evaluation calls for standardizing the imaging approach to minimize delays in assessing, transferring, and treating these patients. Here, we propose that CT angiography (performed at the same time as head CT) should be the minimum imaging approach for all patients with stroke with suspected large-vessel occlusion presenting to primary stroke centers. We discuss some of the implications of this approach and how to facilitate them.
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- Title: Subtitle
- Imaging of Patients with Suspected Large-Vessel Occlusion at Primary Stroke Centers: Available Modalities and a Suggested Approach
- Creators
- M A Almekhlafi - From the Departments of Radiology and Clinical Neurosciences (M.A.A., B.K.M., M.D.H., A.M.D., M.G.), University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, CanadaW G Kunz - Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität MünchenB K Menon - From the Departments of Radiology and Clinical Neurosciences (M.A.A., B.K.M., M.D.H., A.M.D., M.G.), University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, CanadaR A McTaggart - Departments of Neurology, Diagnostic Imaging, and Neurosurgery (R.A.M., M.V.J.), Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, Rhode IslandM V Jayaraman - Departments of Neurology, Diagnostic Imaging, and Neurosurgery (R.A.M., M.V.J.), Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, Rhode IslandB W Baxter - Department of Radiology (B.W.B.), Erlanger Medical Center, Chattanooga, TennesseeD Heck - Department of Radiology (D.H.), Forsyth Medical Center, Winston Salem, North CarolinaD Frei - Swedish Medical Center (D.F.), Denver, ColoradoC P Derdeyn - Department of Radiology (C.P.D.), University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, IowaT Takagi - Department of Neurosurgery (T.T.), Hyogo College of Medicine, Nishinomiya, Hyögo, JapanA H Aamodt - Department of Neurology (A.H.A.), Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, NorwayI M R Fragata - Department of Neuroradiology (I.M.R.F.), Centro Hospitalar Lisboa Central, Lisbon, PortugalM D Hill - From the Departments of Radiology and Clinical Neurosciences (M.A.A., B.K.M., M.D.H., A.M.D., M.G.), University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, CanadaA M Demchuk - From the Departments of Radiology and Clinical Neurosciences (M.A.A., B.K.M., M.D.H., A.M.D., M.G.), University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, CanadaM Goyal - From the Departments of Radiology and Clinical Neurosciences (M.A.A., B.K.M., M.D.H., A.M.D., M.G.), University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada mgoyal@ucalgary.ca
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- American journal of neuroradiology : AJNR, Vol.40(3), pp.396-400
- DOI
- 10.3174/ajnr.A5971
- PMID
- 30705072
- NLM abbreviation
- AJNR Am J Neuroradiol
- ISSN
- 0195-6108
- eISSN
- 1936-959X
- Publisher
- United States
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 03/2019
- Academic Unit
- Neurology; Radiology; Iowa Neuroscience Institute; Neurosurgery
- Record Identifier
- 9984070639502771
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